A young girl leans against the ruins of a building during the Korean War. Williams often documented the damaged and bombed-out buildings he encountered in Korean towns and cities. During the stalemate of 1952, rebuilding was largely on hold as the…
Part of a series capturing a tour of the Korean fighting front by General J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff during the Korean War. Printed on reverse: General Collins
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The central Government dismissed the Punjab state government Thursday night and took direct control of the state in an attempt to halt more than a year of religious and political violence.
99.Photograph. M4 Sherman tank moving up hill on muddy road followed by 2 ton truck filled with GIs. Further down the road another tank and another wheeled vehicle can barely be seen. Smoke in background. Italy. 1944-45
The long path to the Berlin Wall began in 1945, when Josef Stalin instructed the Communist Party to take power in the Soviet occupation zone while the three Western allies secured their areas of influence. When Germany was split into separate states…